- 1. The colloidal state Preface vii
- Introduction
- Classification of colloidal systems
- Structural characteristics
- Preparation and purification of colloidal systems
- Kinetic properties
- The motion of particles in liquid media
- Brownian motion and translational diffusion
- The ultracentrifuge
- Osmotic pressure
- Rotary Brownian motion
- Optical properties
- Optical and electron microscopy
- Light scattering
- Liquid-gas and liquid-liquid interfaces
- Surface and interfacial tensions
- Adsorption and orientation at interfaces
- Association colloids-micelle formation
- Spreading
- Monomolecular films
- The solid-gas interface
- Adsorption of gases and vapours on solids
- Composition and structure of solid surfaces
- The solid-liquid interface vi Contents
- Contact angles and wetting
- Ore flotation
- Adsorption from solution
- Charged interfaces
- The electric double layer
- Electrokinetic phenomena
- Electrokinetic theory
- Colloid stability
- Lyophobic sols
- Systems containing lyophilic material
- Stability control
- Rheology
- Introduction
- Viscosity
- Non-Newtonian flow
- Viscoelasticity
- Emulsions and foams
- Oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions
- Foams
- Problems
- Answers
- References
- Index